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Newport, Oregon, USA

Oregon's coast attracts millions of visitors each year. It's rugged coastline, quaint coastal towns, lighthouses and whale and bird watching make it a perfect place for locals and tourists alike.
Newport is centrally located along the coastal highway - a perfect place to base yourself for a few days. One of the highlights of Newport is its historic bay front. Shopping, wining and dining and plenty of activities makes the waterfront precinct a great place to spend an afternoon.
The waterfront is also home to the stunning creations of local artists. Their beautiful, larger than life artwork adorns the walls of most of the buildings. Stunning detail, colour and size.
We enjoyed our time in Newport and we would recommend this lovely town for anyone looking to view beautiful street art!

Painted Pachyderms

They’re bright and beautiful. They attract everyone’s attention and they disrupt a city’s “streetscape” in a wonderfully attractive way. They are painted pachyderms and between July 13th and October 18th 2013 they took over the streets of Luxembourg. A summer and autumn treat for locals and tourists.
But why are they here? Where did they come from and where will they go?
These 55 life sized replicas of brightly painted baby elephants are part of the annual “Elephant Parade” that tours different cities around the world annually. The “parade” is a very visible way for The Asian Elephant Foundation to make people aware of the plight of Asian Elephants. Each elephant is auctioned off after the “parade” and all the monies raised are donated to the foundation for conservation and wellbeing of the Asian elephant.
We were lucky enough to be in Luxembourg while this year’s parade was on show. We didn’t see all 55 of the saggy baggy beauties but we captured those that we did. The parade made time in Luxembourg even more special and we are grateful to the Asian Elephant Foundation for their creativity.
If you ever have the opportunity to get up close and personal to an Asian elephant we are sure you will be touched by their gentle nature and intelligence. One of many species worth supporting and we are sure that your donation would be very much appreciated.

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The Princess and I are keen world travelers. Living in Hong Kong (half way to almost everywhere in the world) provides a perfect springboard for indulging in our passion of traveling the world.
We are on a mission to visit every country in the world by the time we reach "re-wirement" age and this means we need to visit seven new countries each year. Our total so far is 50.
It's a wonderful challenge to have and we look forward to each new adventure we embark on.